To answer the questions about the built-in search tool, I don’t like it. The results are full-length posts arranged on this page in the same format and style, showing only 10 or so at a time.

I happen to like the way Google/Scroogle spits out results, with a long series of links directly to the page. It’s far more convenient than sifting through huge pages looking for one post in particular. If I’m just searching for links to past posts, it’s much quicker to get a list that is hooked directly to the pages, than another whole page of posts.

It’s also easier to jab at that search bar, press return and get results. Searching on this page requires too many other pages in between. First I have to the front of the blog, scroll down, enter a search term, wait for the engine to show the results, scroll through those pages. …

You get the idea. It’s either that or use elinks all the time. Not a bad idea, actually. … :)

]]>By: eksithhttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38394
Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:05:14 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38394Ooops… I just needed to scroll down :P
]]>By: eksithhttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38392
Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:54:52 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38392@IceBrain
Except Tor still relies on the other end having a properly maintained node. If not, your info can still be leaked. Of course, with a Google search, that’s probably not going to matter much.

I’m wondering why this blog doesn’t have the search form built into WordPress. You can customise the sidebar and include the search widget and skip all of this.

]]>By: IceBrainhttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38385
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:41:24 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38385@Mads: no, the advertisers can’t count if you view the TV ads, they can’t even know if you’re viewing that channel, so it always “counts” as a view. The Google ads can be counted by the number of HTTP requests, and those you don’t view aren’t paid to Google.
If the problem is fear of being tracked, just use Tor (lost IP tracking) and disable cookies (lost cookie tracking). That along with a referal killing proxy (such as privoxy, which comes with Tor) disables all kinds of tracking.
Besides, it’s funny how you trust Scroogle more than Google. How do you know Scroogle isn’t logging? Just because they say they don’t?

More on topic, just make a bookmark with “http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=%s+site:kmandla.wordpress.com” and some keyword like kmandla.
Then you can search by typing kmadla [search terms] on the url bar.

]]>By: Dr Smallhttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38380
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:06:48 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38380I made one of those for my site long ago. It was really helpful for finding quick commands that I had forgotten. But I’m using Vimperator now, so I don’t see those search bars anymore :D
]]>By: Madshttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38379
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:41:52 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38379Sorry, yeah I meant scroogle (use it too – with the added paranoia of sending all requests through tor courtesy of a FoxyProxy pattern). No my point was just that keyword searches are a lot easier to add than search plugins. Probably not even pertinent to your post, sorry :|

@IceBrain: Yeah, it’s leeching. Just like bath room breaks during commercials. For shame.

Besides, what’s the problem with that search bar down there on this site? It seems to work fairly well.

]]>By: K.Mandlahttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38376
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:10:04 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38376I suppose, if you want to use Google. Was that your question? I’d still have to direct it at Scroogle though, wouldn’t I? Can that be done through that menu? I didn’t see it.
]]>By: Madshttps://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38374
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:56:13 +0000http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-height-of-arrogance/#comment-38374‘Add a keyword for this search’ in Google’s search field to create a search bookmark, then edit it to add ‘+site:kmandla.wordpress.com’ on the address line?
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